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{{Short description|Main airport serving Bangkok, Thailand}} {{Redirect|BKK|Bangkok’s other airport which held this code until 2006|Don Mueang International Airport||BKK (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox airport | name = {{nowrap|Suvarnabhumi Airport}} | ensign = | ensign_size = | ensign_alt = | nativename = {{lang|th|ท่าอากาศยานสุวรรณภูมิ}}<br />{{transliteration|th|Tha-akatsayan Suwannaphum}} | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK - VTBS) AN1822384.jpg | image_size = 300 | image_alt = | caption = Passenger terminal and airport traffic control tower | image2 = | image2_size = <!-- if less than 220 --> | imagalt = | caption2 = | IATA = BKK | ICAO = VTBS | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = 48429 | type = Public | owner-oper = [[Airports of Thailand]] | owner = | operator = | city-served = [[Bangkok Metropolitan Region]] | location = [[Racha Thewa]], [[Bang Phli district|Bang Phli]], [[Samut Prakan province|Samut Prakan]], [[Thailand]] | opened = {{start date and age|2006|09|28|df=yes}} | closed = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | passenger_services_ceased = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hub = {{ubl|class=nowrap | [[K-Mile Air]] | [[Thai Airways International]]}} | focus_city = {{ubl|class=nowrap | [[Cathay Pacific]] | [[China Airlines]] | [[China Southern Airlines]] | [[EVA Air]]}} | operating_base = {{ubl|class=nowrap | [[Bangkok Airways]] | [[Thai AirAsia]] | [[Thai VietJet Air]]}} | built = <!-- military airports --> | used = <!-- military airports --> | commander = <!-- military airports --> | occupants = <!-- military airports --> | timezone = | utc = | summer = | utcs = | elevation-f = 5 | elevation-m = | metric-elev = yes | coordinates = {{coord|13|41|33|N|100|45|00|E|region:TH-11|display=it}} | website = {{URL|https://suvarnabhumi.airportthai.co.th/}} | image_map = VTBS Layout.svg | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = Airport diagram | mapframe = yes | pushpin_map = Thailand Bangkok#Thailand#Southeast Asia | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Samut Prakan province]]##Location in Thailand##Location in Southeast Asia | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = '''BKK'''/VTBS | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = | r1-number = 02R/20L | r1-length-f = | r1-length-m = 3,700 | r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]] | r2-number = 01/19 | r2-length-f = | r2-length-m = 4,000 | r2-surface = Asphalt | r3-number = 02L/20R | r3-length-f = | r3-length-m = 4,000<ref name="3rd_runway_length">{{cite news |date=13 July 2022 |last1=Fernquest |first1=Jon |title=Suvarnabhumi: New runway by 2018 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/advanced/302307/suvarnabhumi-new-runway-by-2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925042540/https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/advanced/302307/suvarnabhumi-new-runway-by-2018 |archive-date=25 September 2022 |access-date= |work=Bangkok Post}}</ref> | r3-surface = Asphalt | metric-rwy = yes | h1-number = | h1-length-f = | h1-length-m = | h1-surface = <!-- up to h12 --> | stat1-header = Total passengers | stat1-data = 62,234,693 {{increase}}20.38% | stat2-header = International passengers | stat2-data = 50,580,447 {{increase}}26.42% | stat3-header = Domestic passengers | stat3-data = 11,654,246 {{decrease}}0.3% | stat4-header = Aircraft movements | stat4-data = 357,181 {{increase}}16.15% | stat5-header = Freight (tonnes) | stat5-data = 1,388,272 {{increase}}19.24% | stat-year = 2024 | footnotes = Sources:AOT<ref>{{cite web | url = http://aot.listedcompany.com/misc/statistic/2017/20170123-aot-traffic-calendar-2016-12m.pdf | title = Air transport statistic 2016 summary | publisher = Airports of Thailand PLC | date = 23 January 2017}}</ref> Airports of Thailand<ref>{{cite web |title=Air Transport Statistic|url=https://investor.airportthai.co.th/transport.html |website=Airports of Thailand |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref> }} '''Suvarnabhumi Airport''' {{airport codes|BKK|VTBS}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050gnrd |title=Bangkok Airport |publisher=BBC Three|quote= Series in which young Brits pass through Bangkok Airport to embark on adventures of a lifetime.| access-date=21 December 2017|date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com |title=Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) – Official Airports of Thailand (Bangkok Airport) |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref> is the main [[international airport]] serving [[Bangkok]], the capital of [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/299677/don-mueang-to-be-city-budget-air-hub|title=Don Mueang to be city budget air hub|newspaper=[[Bangkok Post]]|access-date=2 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/AirAsia-to-shift-to-Don-Mueang-by-Oct-30184904-showAds1.html|title=AirAsia to shift to Don Mueang|access-date=2 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183951/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/AirAsia-to-shift-to-Don-Mueang-by-Oct-30184904-showAds1.html|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> Located mostly in [[Racha Thewa]] subdistrict, [[Bang Phli district]], [[Samut Prakan province]], it covers an area of {{convert|3240|ha|km2 acre|abbr=on}}, making it one of the biggest international airports in [[Southeast Asia]] and a regional hub for aviation. The airport is also a major Cargo Air Freight Hub (20th busiest in 2019), which has a designated Airport Free Zone, as well as road links to the [[Eastern Economic Corridor]] (EEC) on Motorway 7.<ref>[https://www.eeco.or.th/en/news/351 An Update on the Progress of the High-Speed Railway connecting Three Airports]</ref>
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